Vehicle-wheel.



J. B. HAYDEN.

VBI-HOLE- WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1911. 1

1,0413128.l Patented Nov. 12,1912.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

nNiirEn sTATEs 'Earns Ere JEEEEnsoN E. HAYDEN, E SAN ANGELO, TEXAS.;

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

l Specication of Letters Patent. Appneation med March 1,1911.

Serial No. 611,590.

- To all whom it may concern.

lDEN, a citizen of the Wheels,

. vision of a wheel made with spring spokes so constructed andsecured in position thatl theveliicle may be used on the roughest of roads and subjected to the hardest kind of usage and the vehicle run in a backward as well-as a forward direetibn without danger of breaking the spokes. y

Heretofore, in wheels employing spring leaf spokes, the spokes have been eit-her'too nearly straight. so that when subjected to a sudden strain the spokes are `broken at the hub, or the curve has been too pronounced so that they Vbreak intermediate of their ends.

The-spokes used in my improved wheel are the result of a long series of experiments and consist of two or more ,layers of thin spring steel securedv to the hub and rim on radial lines from ninety to one hundred and twenty degrees removed, the springs describing curved vlines with radii lof constantly increasing length. By using two or more layers of thin spring steel I secure an` stronger spring than wheresprings are used made of a single piece of steel of the combined thickness of thelayers, because the ing the plate" and ring.

thin strips of metal are evenly temperedl throughout While the thicker liable to have soft or frangible break when subjected to strains.

y invention also has for its' object the provision of means to relieve the springs w ere secured to the hub of the effect of the strips are cores that vside thrust of the Vehicle in rounding curves` or whlle traveling on roads that 4 on one side than the other, consisting of an are higher extension of the hub on one side of the wheel to form a brace that engages the edges `of the springs, and securing a ring on the other side of the spring by means of bolts engag- .Said bolts are passed between the, spokes adjacent to their outer curve and are provided with sleeves of cushion material that act as bumpers to springs.

My invention also consists in improved means for securing the springs to the hub and rim which will `be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated in the accord panying drawings in which z* Figure l is a side view of my improved wheel, Fig. 2, a' cross section through the center of the wheel, Fig. 3, sectional detail of the hub fastening means, Fig. l, a detail view of one 'of the blocks used in the hub, Fig. 5, a sectional detail of the rim, and Fig. 6, a detail- View of one of the clips and bolts used to secure the spring to the rim.

In t-he drawings similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The hub l of my improved wheel is Patented Nm?. is, raie.

formed` with an annular channel 2 inclosed by side plates 3 and 4, the plate 3 'being of greater diameter than platee for the purpose hereinafter stated. Channel 2 is provided to receive the inner ends of spokes 5 that are secured in position by means of blocks 6 made preferably of aluminum to secure strength without adding unduly to the weightof the hub section. In the drawings the spokes 5 'are shown formed with angular ends 5a that engage the inner edges of the blocks but I do not limit myself to this structure as any other structure of the spoke may be substituted without altering the spirit ofA my invention. Blocks 6 :1re held in channel 2 and in engagement with the spokes by means of bolts T enga-ging plates 3 and 4 and the blocks. ,'.l'hel rim S is also formed of aluminum with steel plates 9 on each side thereof, the inner f-surt'ace of the rim being formed with` a series of notches l0 to receive the ends of 'the spokes -5, said spokes being securedV to the rim at their en'ds by means of bolts l1 and by means of U-shaped clips 12 at the outer ends of the notches, said clips being'jsecured to 'rf 4the ends of the spokes when in position.

Spokes are each formed of a plurality of strips of spring steel designated i4: and are Iare secured to the y vbreaking the spokes; but that if the ends' than one hundred and `twenty they' will of the spokes-are secured on radiiv that are less than ninety.A degrees removed or more break when subjected to strain'. I- also provide streii thening strips at the hub' end of the spoke, and' 16 at theriin end, that are secured in position with the ends of the @ches and have theirloose'ends secured to the spokes vmeans of band 17 lWrapped around the spokes and strips.

' ring, one each of the bolts 19 beingsecured approximately an inch distant `f roin the con that are higher on one side of the vehicle f the hub --1,.and engaging the spokes 5 to the hub -bolts forming spaced apart to form plates being of greater diameter than the l other, a rini, spring '18 indicates aring secured on the opposite side of the .spokes from the plate 3 'by means 'of bolts 19 engaging the plate vand vex side ofthe springs and are covered withsleeves 2O of cushion material,` said covered buffers tolimit the movement of the hub in relation to the rim.v It will also be apparent that the plate 3 being" integral with the hub and-the ring 18 secured thereto acts as a brace to limit the side thrust of the hub'relative to the rim in turning the vehicle and in traveling over roads than on the other'.

21 indicates bolts covered'with' cushion sleeves 22 secured to plate 3, adjacent to strengthen them.

Having thus described niy invention what l claimv is j 1. In a Wheel, ahub having two plates al channel, one of said spokesfsecured in said the rim and `engaging g plate aforesaid, and a ring secured.

hub-channel and to to the' plate and engaging the opposite edges of the spokes. l l.

2. In a wheel, a. hub having` two plates 'spaced apart to forni a channel, one of said plates being of greater diameter' than the other, a rim, spring hub channel and to the rini and engaging the hub plate aforesaid,-a ring engaging the opposite edgesof the spokes, and bolts conspokes secured in said v necting said Vplate and ring and positioned to limit the movement of the hub relative to the rim.

ln a spring Wheel, 'a rim consisting of a ring having a series of notches, and side. plates notched to conform to Ithe notches in the rim `but projecting beyond the surfaces of the notches to form iianges, spring spokes,- and means to secure the ends ofthe spokes in the notches in the rim.

1. In a spring Wheel, a rim, spring spokes i engaging the rim, U-shaped clips engaging thespokes and rim,

ing the riinand clips, the rim and clips formed with corresponding Wedge-shaped openings to receive the wedge bolts.l

i 5. ln la Wheel, a. hub comprising A,two plates spaced apart to'form a channel, one of said plates being of greater diameter than the other, a riunsprihg spokes, said spokes being secured at one extremity to the rim and wedge bolts engagand having a right langle portion on their opposite extremity, said right angle Aportion adapted to befreceived in the hub channel, fastening means for said spokes, and a ring secured to the hub'plate of largest dianieter near. its periphery, ring,| said fastening means serving to limit the relative movement of tlieihub and rim.`

f6. 'In a Wheel, a rhub comprising [two plates spaced apart fastening means forgsaidtoforma channel, one

of said plates being of .greater 'diameter than the other,a rim, spring spokes, secured to. Ythe hub and rim yat opposite extremities, a ring of a diameter equal to thatof the largest hub plate,and means for securing theiin'g to said 'hub plate,` said means .comprising a vplurality of bolts passing through said hub plate and said ring, and soopositone'd as to engage the'spring spokes to, limit the relative movement' of theurimfand hub. y

In testimony 'signature in thepresence of tWoavitnesses.

.isrrnitson n. garniert vWitnessesz. Y L. F; RANDOLPH,- Jr.,

Jos. R. EVANS. 'y

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